Shanghai County

Shanghai County
上海县
County of China
1292–1992

Location of Shanghai County (red) within Shanghai Municipality (yellow) immediately before the county's abolition in 1992
CapitalXinzhuang
Area
 • Coordinates31°07′15″N 121°22′12″E / 31.12083°N 121.37000°E / 31.12083; 121.37000
History 
• Established
1292
• Disestablished
1992
Preceded by
Succeeded by
zh:华亭县 (唐朝)
Minhang District
Today part ofMinhang District

Shanghai County (simplified Chinese: 上海县; traditional Chinese: 上海縣; pinyin: Shànghǎi Xiàn) was a Chinese county in modern-day Shanghai Municipality. Shanghai County was first established in 1292 and finally abolished in 1992. Shanghai County was for most of its existence a part of Songjiang Prefecture, in Jiangsu Province, but later became a county under Shanghai Municipality. Shanghai County was historically the governing authority of the Shanghai's urban area and neighbouring areas. Its extent reduced with the establishment of the Shanghai Special Municipality and, later, Shanghai Municipality. Immediately before abolition, the county extended over a crescent-shaped area adjacent to, and surrounding, the southwest of Shanghai's city centre.[1]

  1. ^ ":::: 上海市地方志办公室 上海通网站 上海市地情资料库 上海市的百科全书::::". shtong.gov.cn. Retrieved 2017-08-03.